My head cleared quickly. I was an i***t. It never should've gone this far. As I pulled the covers over her, I couldn't help getting in next to her. Frustration and pure lust rushed through me as I took her into my arms, but I stayed anyway. She’d be mortified in the morning and I didn't want it to be without me next to her. So I stayed to reassure her. This might have to be the last time I brought her to bed for a while, though. At the palace, Caines, Terres Somnia (Aaron) Aria and I had been making eyes at each other for three days straight. She flirted readily and responded to my little light touches with little touches of her own. I didn't know what James was talking about. She may just be one of my easiest conquests yet. It gave me morbid pleasure to discover that Aaron Condor, Th

